Cigarette roller



Feb; 18, 1947. c. w. ROES CIGARETTE ROLLER Filed June 14, 1945 INVENTOR.

ATTD RN EYS Patented Feb. 18, 1947 CIGARETTE ROLLER Carl W. Roes, P ikesville, Md. Application June 14, 1945, Serial No. 599,458 Claims. (01. 131-47) ihis invention relates to cigarette rollers and has for the primary object the provision of a device of the above stated character which is portable and so constructed that a cigarette from loose tobacco may be easily and quickly rolled into a uniform size and tightness throughout its length and provides a device which may be conveniently handled and carried without inconvenience 0r annoyance.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a device of the above stated character employing an endless b'elt operable over a plurality of rollers carried by a portable frame and one of said rollers being tensioned to maintain the belt taut and permit the belt to be slackened between a pair of the rollers for receiving the tobacco for rolling and forming it into cigarette form or shape, said tensioning means also preventing the belt from winding or wrapping about the said roller, or said pair of rollers during the operation of the device.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a device of the above statedcharacter wherein additional tensioning "means is provided on one of the pair of said rollers to maintain close contact between the tobacco being rolled and formed into a cigarette and the belt to prevent the belt from throwing the tobacco out of contact with the belt during the operation of the device.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a perspective view illustrating a cigarette roller constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation illustrating the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an end view showing a modified form of tensioning means for the rollers and showing the position the belt will assume before the tobacco is placed therein, and

Fig. 6 is a front view thereof.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral IIJ indicates a substantially U-shaped frame having relatively spaced side or arm portions I2 connected by a bight portion I3 which is provided with a semicircular depending strengthening rib M which is pressed into the bight I 3. A roller I5 is journalled in the side portions by means of round headed pintles I I and has mounted thereon an endless belt I5 constructed from any material suitable for the purpose and preferably from drafting cloth which has a smooth or glazed surface and is substantially waterproof. A roller I7 is journalled in slots I8 formed in the side portions i2 of the frame II! by means of round headed pintles I9, and is arranged in parallelism and in a horizontal plane with the roller I5, and is capable of being moved toward and from the roller I5. The endless belt I6 is trained over the roller IT as clearly shown in the drawing.

A roller 25 is journalled in slots ZI formed in the side portions I2 of the frame It by means of round headed pintles 22 and said roller 29 is arranged in a plane below said roller I5 and in parallelism therewith. The roller Zfiis capable of movement toward and from the roller I5 and has the endless belt I 6 trained thereover.

A spring tensioning element 23 having diverging arms 24 and 25 respectively is fixedly secured to the side portions I 2 of the frame II) by a round headed rivet Or pin 25 and the arm 23 bears downwardly upon the pintles of the roller 20 for normally urging the latter away from the roller I 5. The arm 25 bears forwardly upon the pintles iii of the roller IT for normally urging the latter toward the roller I5. In Figs. 5 and 6 the tensioning element as shown may be in the form of two elastic bands 21 one for each set of pintles. One of the hands 2! which has its looped ends attached to the pintles 22 of the roller 29 and pass under the bight I3. The other band 21 being looped around the pintles I I of the roller I5 and the pintles I9 of the roller II.

Therefore, when the tensioning element 27 connected to the pintles 22 of the roller 2!] passes under the bight portion I3 of the frame I9. it normally urges the roller 20 away from the roller I5 and places a desired tension on the belt I6 and the element 21 normally urges the roller I! toward the roller I5 preventing any tobacco from leaving the belt I 6.

The distance between the side portions I2 and the lengths of the rollers I5 and I1 are approximately the same as the length of an ordinary cigarette.

In operation, the roller I! is moved away from. the roller I5 placing between said rollers a slack portion in the belt it where loose tobacco may be poured therein. After the tobacco has been positioned in the slack portion of the belt, the de vice is gripped in both hands and by working cigarette and when released by the thumbs and fingers, the device assumes a position substantially as shown in Fig. 3 with the cigarette completed. The cigarette is of a uniform size and tightness throughout its length thereby providing a very efficient cigarette capable of providing a satisfactory smoke to the smoker. The roller 20 being under tension prevents the belt from winding or wrapping about the roller l5 when forming the tobacco in cigarette shape, and

the roller I! being under tension prevents the tobacco from leaving the belt l6.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be noted that a device has been provided whereby a cigarette may be easily and quickly formed from loose tobacco and a cigarette paper and further it is to be noted that a device has been provided which is compact and which can be conveniently carried and which will be simple, durable and efficient and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A cigarette roller comprising a portable frame, a roller journalled to the frame, a pair of rollers slidable relative to the first said roller, an endless belt trained over said rollers, and tensioning means for said belt and said rollers.

2. A cigarette roller comprising a portable frame, a roller journalled to the frame, a pair of rollers slidable relative to the first said roller, an endless belt trained over said rollers, and a spring tensioning means carried by the frame and engaging the pintles of said slidable rollers.

3. A cigarette roller comprising a portable frame, a roller journalled to the frame, a pair of rollers slidable relative to the first said roller, an endless belt trained over said rollers, said slidable rollers being rotatably and slidably mounted in slots in the frame, and elastic tensioning means for said slidable rollers mounted on the pintles of said rollers.

4. A cigarette roller comprising a portable frame, a roller journalled to the frame and a pair of rollers slidable relative to the first said roller, an endless belt trained over said roller, said rollers engaging the belt and located in parallel spaced relation to the non-slidable roller, and a tension means-for each of said pair of rollers for normally urging the latter away from said first roller.

-5. A cigarette roller comprising a substantially U-shaped portable frame, a roller journalled to said frame, and a pair of rollers slidable relative to the said'roller, an endless belt trained over said rollers, said rollers being rotatably and slidably secured'to the frame and arranged in parallel spaced relation to the first said roller, and spring tension means for each of said pair of rollers.

' CARL W. ROES.

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